Trouser hanger



March 21, 1944. J, DE GRAY TROUSER HANGER Filed July 21, 1941 INVENTORL/EeEM/AH 0: Gen) BY AM, Maw

ATTORNEYS.

Patented Mar. 21, 1944 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE TROUSER HANGERJeremiah De Gray, Milwaukee, Wis. Application July 21, 1941, Serial No.403,286

1 Claim.

My invention relates to improvements in trouser hangers.

The object of my invention is to provide a trouser hanger for cuffedtrousers.

Another object of my invention is to provide a trouser hanger whereinthe supporting elements to directly receive the trousers are adjustablefor various sizes of garments.

Another object of my invention is to provide a trouser hanger withmembers to be received in the cuffs of the trousers to support theweight and preserve the correct shape and appearance of the garment andyet provide for adjustment without possibility of maladjustment ormisalignment of the surfaces which bear directly against the garmentmaterial.

It will be noted from the following description that my trouser hangeris particularly constructed for cheapness and sturdiness so as toprovide my improved features at small cost.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective of my trouser hanger.

Figure 2 is a view showing in a transverse section the cuff supportingportion of the trouser hanger of Fig. 1 as it appears with fragmentaryportions of the legs of a pair of trousers mounted thereon.

Figure 3 is a perspective of an alternative form of trouser hangerembodying some features of my invention, the View showing a fragmentaryportion of the cufis of a pair of trousers mounted thereon.

Like parts are designated by the same reference characters throughoutthe several views.

In the preferred form of my invention a supporting member of hook-likeconfiguration extends upwardly from the central portion of a bar IIwhich may be made of wood, or plastic, or other suitable relativelyrigid material. At either end of the bar II, a kerf [2 extends inwardlyfrom the end of the bar approximately one-fourth of the bar length andadjacent the upper surface thereof. Into each of these kerfs is fitteda, web of a cuff wing clamp l3 which includes an inverted U-shaped clampportion to embrace the bar II. At either side of the U- shaped clamp Iprovide upwardly extending cuii wings IS. A pair of trouser legs |6-l|having cuffs I8 are receivable upon the cuff Wings l as indicated mostclearly in Figure 2 where it will be seen that my hanger is receivedbetween the trouser legs l6|1, and the cuff wings extend to the extremeend IQ of the trouser leg within the cuff so as to support the pair oftrousers.

Obviously, trousers are of various widths at their bottoms I9, and bymeans of the construction illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, I provide forthe various sizes of the trousers by making my cuff wing clamps slidableand frictionally mov able upon the bar II. The cuff wing clamp is,therefore, movable from the dotted line position shown in Figure 1 tothe full line position, and the cuff wing clamp at the other end of thebar is likewise adjustably movable as desired.

The top margins of my cuff Wings are horizontal when the hanger issupported by the hook Ill. The outer margins of the wings are positionedin any degree of adjustment to bear against the inside of the crease ofthe trousers, therefore, there is no tendency when adjustment is desiredto vary the angle at which the clips bear against the goods of which thetrousers are made.

By making the U-shaped portion M of my cuff winged clamps out ofmaterial which is somewhat resilient, I provide for a clamping actionbetween the cuff Wing clamps l3 and the bar ll so as to obtain clampingaction upon the body of the bar H rather than to provide a splittingtendency which would prevail if the web cuff wing clamp werefrictionally engaged in the kerf. In accord with my invention, the kerfis sufiiciently wide so that there is no binding action between the bar,and the web of the U-shaped clamp I4 which extends across the kerf.

The alternative form of my invention may be made of wire and includecentral hook 25 with its shank, and outwardly and downwardly extendedresilient wing wires 26 and 21, each of which terminates in an upwardcuff-receiving bracket 28. At the outer end of the cuff-receivingbracket 28, the wire is downwardly extended to a U-shaped trouser-legbracket 29 to receive pressed creased margins of both legs |6-l1 of apair of trousers, and this U-shaped bracket 29 terminates at its upperportion in a cuff-receiving terminal 30 so this alternative form oftrouser hanger engages the outside of each trouser cuff, and theU-shaped portion 29 embraces the trouser leg.

Thus, I provide a principal and an alternative form of trouser hangerwhich engages in the cuffs of trousers hanging in inverted position, theprincipal form'of the invention providing for an adjustable exceedinglycheap device in which the hanger is disposed between the trouser legs,and the wings l5 are inserted in the cuffs 0n the inside faces thereofand the alternative form in which the hanger provides cuffreceivingbrackets and terminals which engage in the outside folds of the cuff ofeach trouser leg.

I claim:

A trouser hanger having a supporting memher, a cross bar extendingtherefrom in either direction, said cross bar having a, kerf extendinginwardly from either end thereof, an inverted U-shaped clamp receivablein each of said kerf ends of the cross bar with the intermediate web ofthe U extended across the bar in said kerf, and the legs of the U beingclampingly engaged upon the her, said legs as to the free ends thereofbeing outwardly and upwardly extended to be received in the cuffs oftrousers.

JEREMIAH DE GRAY.

